Preview: Liverpool expected to win when West Ham United arrive

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 19.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Happy home supporters, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Liverpool and West Ham United clash at Anfield.

Insights:
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • West Ham United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Liverpool nor West Ham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Liverpool's last game was hosting Manchester City (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. At last, a league win after three games without one. The goalie Alisson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.11 out of ten. Alisson topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a strong away win at Rangers. A Champions League game.

Liverpool are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Nottingham Forest awaits in three days.

It's goals goals goals for Liverpool who have scored 16 goals from 5 league home games.

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West Ham United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

West Ham are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Southampton (placed 18th). Fabiański had red hot gloves after the game against Southampton, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Midfield player Rice was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Rice scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 69 total).

Before that, the win at home against Anderlecht in the Europa Conference League (2-1).

A tale of few goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Liverpool victories, one draw and one West Ham United win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. Salah likes to play against West Ham United and have scored 9 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolR. Firmino
R. Firmino
6 goals
LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
3 goals
LiverpoolL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
3 goals

Liverpool missing players

West Ham United missing players

Liverpool West Ham United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 5 3 Played P 0 5 10
3 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
21 16 13 Scored S 0 3 9
12 5 4 Conceded C 0 5 11
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 70%
67% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
44% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
33% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
33% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
7 7.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.8 5.3
3.6 2.2 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 4.8
1.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.6 20 21.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 13.9
6 7 8.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.9
39% 46% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 16% 23%
 
9.4 7.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.6 10.8
3.9 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Liverpool have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of West Ham United.
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 10 9 0 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 14 27
2 Manchester City 10 7 2 1 33 10 5 5 0 0 24 5 5 2 2 1 9 5 23 23
3 Tottenham Hotspur 10 7 2 1 22 10 5 5 0 0 15 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 12 23
4 Chelsea 9 6 1 2 15 10 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 6 6 5 19
5 Manchester United 9 5 1 3 13 15 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 3 0 2 7 11 -2 16
6 Newcastle United 10 3 6 1 17 9 5 2 3 0 11 5 5 1 3 1 6 4 8 15
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 14
8 Liverpool 9 3 4 2 21 12 5 3 2 0 16 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 9 13
9 Brentford 10 3 4 3 18 17 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 0 3 2 6 11 1 13
10 AFC Bournemouth 10 3 4 3 10 22 5 2 2 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 6 18 -12 13
11 Fulham 10 3 3 4 16 20 5 2 2 1 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 12
12 West Ham United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
13 Crystal Palace 9 2 4 3 10 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 0 3 1 3 5 -2 10
14 Everton 10 2 4 4 8 11 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 5 7 -3 10
15 Leeds United 9 2 3 4 11 13 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 5 10 -2 9
16 Aston Villa 10 2 3 5 7 13 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 2 3 3 8 -6 9
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 2 3 5 4 12 5 2 2 1 3 4 5 0 1 4 1 8 -8 9
18 Southampton 10 2 2 6 9 18 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 3 11 -9 8
19 Leicester City 10 1 2 7 15 24 5 1 2 2 7 5 5 0 0 5 8 19 -9 5
20 Nottingham Forest 10 1 2 7 7 23 5 1 1 3 6 9 5 0 1 4 1 14 -16 5

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.